Racecourse Bay, South Australia

For other uses, see Racecourse.

Racecourse Bay is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located on the state’s south-east coast overlooking the body of water known in Australia as the Southern Ocean and by international authorities as the Great Australian Bight. It is about 398 kilometres (247 miles) south-east of the state capital of Adelaide and 25 kilometres (16 miles) south of the municipal seat of Mount Gambier in the south-east of the state.^[1][3][8][9]

Racecourse Bay South Australia
Racecourse Bay
Coordinates	38°03′18″S 140°45′08″E[1]
Population	27 (SAL 2021)[2]
Established	1996[1]
Postcode(s)	5291 [3]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
• Summer (DST)	ACST (UTC+10:30)
Location	398 km (247 mi) south-east of Adelaide 25 km (16 mi) south of Mount Gambier
LGA(s)	District Council of Grant[1]
Region	Limestone Coast[4]
County	Grey[1]
State electorate(s)	Mount Gambier[5]
Federal division(s)	Barker[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7] 19.0 °C 66 °F 8.2 °C 47 °F 708.4 mm 27.9 in
Suburbs around Racecourse Bay: Port MacDonnell Port MacDonnell Port MacDonnell Port MacDonnell Racecourse Bay Port MacDonnell Ocean Ocean Ocean
Footnotes	Locations[3][1] Adjoining localities[1]

Racecourse Bay consists of land formerly used as a shack site known as The Racecourse which made part of the locality of Port MacDonnell in 1996. The locality came in existence in 1999 when boundaries were created for land formerly part of the locality of Port MacDonnell. Its name which is reported as being a ‘long established name’ was derived from the bay which it overlooks.^[1][10]

The locality consists of land between the coastline and a road known as Eight Mile Creek Road which runs from the town centre of Port MacDonnell in the west to the boundary between the localities of Eight Mile Creek and Wye in the east. The land use within the locality consists of residential use and conservation.^[11][1]

Racecourse Bay is located within the federal division of Barker, the state electoral district of Mount Gambier and the local government area of the District Council of Grant.^[6][5][1]

References

1. "Search result for "Racecourse Bay (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0038303) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities", "Place names (gazetteer)" and "Development Plan Layers"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Racecourse Bay (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
3. "Postcode for Racecourse Bay, South Australia". postcodes-australia.com. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
4. "Limestone Coast SA Government region" (PDF). The Government of South Australia. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
5. "District of Mount Gambier Background Profile". Electoral Commission SA. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
6. "Federal electoral division of Barker" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
7. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Mount Gambier Aero (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
8. "Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition" (PDF) (PDF). International Hydrographic Organization. 1953. pp. 35–36. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
9. "AHS – AA609582" (PDF) (PDF). The Australian Hydrographic Service. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
10. Boating Industry Association of South Australia (BIA); South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage (2005), South Australia's waters an atlas & guide, Boating Industry Association of South Australia, p. 179, ISBN 978-1-86254-680-6
11. "Development Plan, Grant Council, Consolidated – 11 February 2016" (PDF). [Government of South Australia. pp. 108, 164, 173, 199 and 223–226. Retrieved 29 April 2016.